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'''Data processing''' is the [[data collection|collection]] and manipulation of digital data to produce meaningful information.<ref>{{cite book|last=French|first=Carl|title=Data Processing and Information Technology (10th ed.)|year=1996|publisher=Thomson|isbn=1844801004|page=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVCdg7Tg6-AC&q=inauthor%3A%22Carl%20French%22&pg=PR2}}</ref>

Data processing is a form of ''[[information processing]]'', which is the modification (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer.<ref group="note">Data processing is distinct from ''[[word processing]]'', which is manipulation of text specifically rather than data generally. {{cite web|title=data processing|url=http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/data_processing.html|work=Webopedia|date=September 1996|access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref>

The term "Data Processing", or "DP" has also been used to refer to a department within an organization responsible for the operation of data processing programs.<ref>{{cite book | title=Dictionary of Computing | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=9780192800466 | edition=4th | first=Valerie | last=Illingworth | series=Oxford Paperback Reference | date=11 December 1997 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcomp00illi }}</ref>